Web Design, Development & Automation

Karl Jakob

I build websites, web apps, and automations for small businesses. Solid systems, no bloat.

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About

I make websites, web apps, and automations. Mostly for small businesses that need something built from scratch rather than a template.

Python and JavaScript for most things. Rust when speed matters. I handle the whole job: design, code, deploy, keep it running.

I write code I'd want to come back to 6 months later. Nothing fancy where simple gets it done.

Based in Troy, NY. Remote works too.

Location Troy, New York
Education A.A., Palm Beach State College B.A. Computer Science, FIU (in progress)
Email kjakob8@gmail.com

Skills & Tools

> Python

Backends, scripts, data pipelines. My go-to for most things.

> JavaScript

Frontend interactivity without frameworks. Vanilla JS.

> HTML & CSS

Hand-written markup and styles. No templates, no builders.

> Rust

For when it needs to be fast. Systems tools and CLI apps.

> REST APIs

Building and connecting APIs for web apps and third-party services.

> Linux

Daily driver. I live in the terminal.

Services

[ Available ]
> AI Automation & Integration

Follow-up emails, appointment reminders, reports someone pulls by hand every week. This stuff can run itself.

I set it up and plug it into whatever tools you already use.

Python Claude Code LLMs Webhooks REST APIs
> Web Design & Development

From landing pages to full business sites. Written by hand, not dragged and dropped.

HTML & CSS JavaScript Responsive Design
> Web Apps & Backend

Need your own app or API? I build those too. Python and JavaScript.

Python REST APIs Async WebSockets
> Performance & SEO

Lighthouse audits, Core Web Vitals, load time cuts. Speed matters for search rankings and for the people actually using your site.

Performance SEO Optimization
> Maintenance & Support

Ongoing updates, hosting, and uptime monitoring so you don't have to think about it.

Hosting Updates Support

Work

RAGnificent

2024

Doc scraper that uses Rust for fast HTML parsing and Python for the API layer. The two talk over FFI, async on both sides.

  • Rust
  • Python
  • Async/Tokio
  • FFI
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CCPrompts

2025

Prompts and templates for getting more out of AI coding tools. Open source.

  • Prompt Engineering
  • Documentation
  • Open Source
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Experience

Nov 2022 - Present

Independent Development

Self-Employed

Automation and trading tools in Python and Rust. Lots of async work, real-time data, WebSockets.

  • Monitoring systems that track live data feeds via asyncio
  • Pattern detection on real-time market streams
  • WebSocket clients for exchange APIs
Aug 2022 - Aug 2023

Web Developer

Toy Mories (Freelance)

Built a website from design through deployment for a single client. Frontend, backend, hosting.

  • Custom responsive site built end-to-end
  • Server setup, DNS, and hosting
  • Performance work and ongoing updates from client feedback

Contact

Available for new projects

Got something you need built? Ping me and I'll get back to you within a day.

Email kjakob8@gmail.com
GitHub @krljakob LinkedIn /in/karljakob